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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 609600, member: 17753&quot;]I don&#039;t know how so many folks sell so many things so cheaply either!&nbsp; I&#039;d love it explained to me!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my dumb example: </p><p><br /></p><p>Last month, I saw somebody selling the new 2009 Proof Sets as a pre-sale, &quot;buy it now&quot; for $34.95 + $3.95 shipping.&nbsp; (Remember: the first day of release was June 1).&nbsp; So, I figured, since I can pick up the 2009 sets right at the mint store, I could advertise a &quot;Pre-Sale, guaranteed to ship by June 2&quot; and, what the heck, I reduced the price by a nickel -- so I offered them at &quot;buy it now&quot; for $34.90 + $3.95 shipping.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, little did I know at the time that ebay&#039;s percentage for buy it now is like 11% or 12% or something.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I sold three of them for that $34.90+3.95 price (a total of $38.85).</p><p><br /></p><p>My cost was 29.95, the ebay fee was 4.19, postage was 3.45, and paypal fee was 1.43</p><p><br /></p><p>If you add that up -- I lost 0.17 on each set I sold.&nbsp; (At least it was only 0.17!)</p><p><br /></p><p>But that means that the pro who I was competing against, lost money, too!</p><p><br /></p><p>Did that seller know a way to cut expenses that I didn&#039;t know?</p><p><br /></p><p>Sheesh![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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